Many CEOs and leaders think that silence is indeed golden, that consensus is bliss. It is - sometimes. But more often what it signifies is that there are no respected processes for surfacing concerns and dissent.

  • -- Margaret Heffernan 玛格丽特·赫弗南

许多首席执行官和领导者认为沉默是金,共识是福。有时是这样。但更常见的情况是,这意味着在表达担忧和异议方面没有受到尊重的程序。

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Predators make it much more difficult to find consensus. It's a lot easier to agree about birds and plants than about animals that endanger people and livestock.

捕食者让达成共识变得更加困难。在鸟类和植物上达成一致要比在危及人类和牲畜的动物上达成一致容易得多。

Moderates want their faith respected. They don't want faith itself criticized, and yet faith itself is what is bringing us all this - this lunacy.

温和派希望他们的信仰得到尊重。他们不希望信仰本身受到批评,然而信仰本身却给我们带来了这一切——这种疯狂。

The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding.

协商一致意见的领域变化之快令人难以置信;确定性的泡沫不断膨胀。

I would rather be respected than elected.

我宁愿受人尊敬也不愿当选。